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AIRF RCE June 18, 2015 Operations 9 High tempo on Op Okra SGT Dave Morley THE Air Task Group in the Middle East continues to operate at a high tempo. Since the ATG commenced operations it has carried out 602 sorties and dropped 384 bombs, said DG Air Command Ops AIRCDRE Joe Iervasi at a briefing in Canberra on June 11 with CJOPS VADM David Johnston. “Last month saw the F/A-18A Hornets fly 66 sorties against deliberate and dynamic targets resulting in 45 laser-guided 500-pound bomb units being deployed, making this the second most active month for the ATG since operations commenced in September last year,” he said. The E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and KC-30 Multi Role Tanker Transport continue to support the coalition effort carrying out 107 and 282 sorties respectively to date. AIRCDRE Iervasi said the coalition airstrike campaign in the Middle East, and the 18 nations involved in providing air support, have completed more than 2745 missions in Iraq and 4440 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since Operation Inherent Resolve began. “It’s an intensive, but carefully executed air campaign that continues to disrupt and degrade the Daesh war machine,” he said. “Materiel losses for Daesh have been extremely high with vehicles, SUBSCRIBE NOW! 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The ISF has continued Women Veterans Symposium Samford RSL Sub-Branch would like to extend an invitation to all serving and ex serving female members of the ADF to attend the inaugural RSL Women Veterans Symposium. This event is being co-hosted by Samford and GeebungZillmere RSL Sub-Branches. The Symposium will feature informative sessions on services available to both serving and ex serving women – whether or not they have operational experience. Importantly, this event will provide an opportunity for women to meet and network with other ADF women. 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Utility Connect to defend key terrain in Baghdad, Tikrit and Bayji, while commencing clearance operations from Eastern Anbar towards Ramadi.” VADM Johnston admitted there would be setbacks in the campaign and Daesh gaining control of Ramadi was one such case. “It’s this variable performance that underlines why there is an ongoing need for both the advise and assist and the building partner capacity roles that Australia and New Zealand are committed to,” he said. “That is why the building partner capacity mission that we are engaged in is so critical to assisting the Iraqis in building the skills they need to retake large areas of territory.” VADM Johnston said it was important to remember that Daesh had been waging a campaign to seize Ramadi for about 18 months. “It’s important to carefully assess and draw the right conclusions about the strategic importance of Ramadi and other contested areas of Iraq,” he said. “This is an Iraqi fight that is supported by a pan-Arab coalition and a global partnership of 63 countries which share a common interest with Iraq, the destruction of Daesh and its corrupt ideology. “It has taken many months and it will continue to take many more months before we see tangible signs of Daesh in defeat.” An armament fitter checks the weapons on an F/A-18A Hornet in the Middle East Region. 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